Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PARADE PLANS ANNOUNCED WAITSBURG - Parade Waitsburg, a day of family-fun activities, on Saturday, May 21, will kick off at 10 a.m. with a parade on Waitsburg's Main Street. Parade Grand Marshals will be announced next week. The Parade will honor our Armed Forces Veterans. The Lion's Club of Waitsburg will have a pancake breakfast in Waitsburg Town Hall starting at 7 a.m.; cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children. Wait's Market will have activities, games and music throughout the day in Preston Park. For Parade entry forms, contact Gail Wolfe at...
WAITSBURG - Nine years ago the teachers at Waitsburg Elementary were faced with a dilemma. What could they do with the children who wanted to play games indoors instead of going outside for recess in the cold during the long winter months? Longtime elementary teacher Margie Douglas, together with her late husband Dee, came up with an idea - chess and checkers tournaments. "Thus giving the students an alternative to going out in the cold weather," Douglas said. "They have so much fun. Every year...
LOCAL FAMILIES NEEDED ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year or semester. These personable and academically selected exchange students are conversant in English, bright, curious and anxious to learn about this country through living as part of a family, attending high school and sharing their own culture and language with their newly adopted host family. Those p...
Once again the wineries of our region are preparing for May 6, spring release weekend. To ready myself for this year's downtown party, I went to the wineries a little early to quench my fascination for food-friendly red wine, and ended up at Walla Walla's Morrison Lane Winery, tasting and visiting with winemaker Dan Morrison. Yes, Dan makes many styles of good red and white wines, but my favorite, the Morrison Lane '04 Nebbiolo, is a fantastic red wine suited for foods drenched in tomato or brown -sugared barbecue sauce. It's true, no one...
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2001 The area gets a new locally owned Internet Service Provider (ISP). Touchet Valley Communications is gearing up to provide dial-up service to users on May 1. Firefighters and ambulance personnel completed the Emergency Vehicle Accident Prevention course. Upon completing an extensive driver-training course, nearly three dozen people commenced with a "rodeo." Saturday's fire-truck rodeo included a 20-minute road test, a cone course, parallel parking, a three-point turn and other challenges. Vance Orchard highlights...
DAYTON - The Downtown Dayton Playground Project received a boon this past week in the form of a $3,500 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation. Grant funds will be used to help purchase a muchanticipated children's play structure in the parking lot along East Commercial Street, next to the Dayton Historic Depot. "Pacific Power is excited to be part of the playground project, which will make downtown Dayton more inviting to young families," said Bill Clemens, Pacific Power's regional community...
PRESCOTT STUDENTS HONORED PRESCOTT - Prescott High School students Angelica Bedolla, Olivia Ortega, Marlene Martinez and Cynthia Zuniga Rubio were recently named by advisor Maryann Newell to the National Honor Society at a new-member induction in Walla Walla. National Honor Society members must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and higher, demonstrate character becoming a member, show good leadership skills through activities and participate in school and community service projects. In addition, several students were honored for...
On April 8-10, the Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association will present their 33rd Annual Barrel Daze at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds. Over 1,000 contestants including many girls from Waitsburg and Dayton, will come from all over the United States, including Alaska, and three Canadian provinces. Barrel racers will compete for over $150,000 in cash and awards. The speed and action kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 8, and will continue all weekend, winding up about 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. One of the largest western trade shows in the...
WAITSBURG - Almost half a century after the prestigious distinction was first bestowed on Ernest Kison, two longtime residents known for their support of local events and traditions won the Commercial Club's Community Service Award for 2010. Dick " Skip" Carpenter and Karen Mohney received the award for being exemplary in their care of the community and tireless in the support of events throughout the year, MC and 1976 recipient Tom Baker told the audience at the club's annual meeting recently....
I t's raining again, so what's new? Okay, it's good for the garden and the farmers and the wild things that fly and creep, but sometimes you just want to feel free of an umbrella. Am I the only person in the Touchet Valley who wants spring to be here now!? Funny I ask that. My cousin Betty called. She's getting a divorce. What does that have to do with spring? Nothing, but after that call, instead of moping about spring, I began to feel utterly sorry for the Betty and Bart calamity. Bart called me right after Betty; to say neither he nor Betty...
Ten Years Ago April 12, 2001 As soon as the weather breaks, the Waitsburg Lions will complete their service project of constructing a BMX track in Waitsburg. The project was initiated at the Lions January 23 meeting and hopes to draw racers and families to Waitsburg for sanctioned events. Touchet Ramblings author Vance Orchard writes of his quest to find the Old Hudson's Bay Company farm marker west of Umapine this week. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 3, 1986 Brenda Gales exhibited her fearless attitude so important to successful donkey...
DAYTON - It's a bird! It's a plane! Nohellip;it's "the world's first destination eco-food processing park." That's how Port of Columbia Manager Jennie Dickinson and consultants Dennis Miller and Gary White describe the project. But what does that really mean? The Kennewick men came up with the idea for the Blue Mountain Station in 2007, and they continue to attend national and organic food processing trade shows around the country trying to drum up enthusiasm among developers who might want to...
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS WAITSBURG - The Tour of Walla Walla, presented by Banner Bank, is looking for local volunteers for the cycling races April 15-17. The Tour is a four-stage, three-day race where nearly 600 riders from the U.S. and Canada will compete in the Walla Walla Valley. Volunteers are needed as corner marshals, traffic control and race-support vehicles. Friday, the 15th, and Sunday, the 17th, volunteers are needed for Road Races in Waitsburg. On Saturday the 16th, volunteers are needed in the morning for the individual Time Trial...
We want to give a BIG thank you to the tree-cutting crew who came through town to trim trees for the power company. Their representative alerted us that they were coming, spent a lot of time discussing which branches were the problem and followed up on the day of the work. They made good on all promises, cut what needed to be cut, did not just whack away and take an entire branch. All in all, a very professional job, very well done. Paul & Karen Gregutt Waitsburg...
1 New Season Begins At Fort Walla Walla Museum Fort Walla Walla Museum opens April 1 for its 44th season of service to the community. The museum, located at 755 Myra Road in Walla Walla, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for students and seniors 62 and up, $3 children 6-12; free for under 6. For information call 509-525-7703, email info@fortwallawallamuseum.orginfo@fortwallawallamuseum.org, or visit www.fortwallawallamuseum.org.Face book: Fortwalla Wallamuseum. 2 Golf Tournament Kicks Off Season Men's, women's...
On Saturday, I headed out to Wally World; I had an appointment with two Walla Walla Sweet Onion growers. When I arrived, we walked the land. I asked questions and they answered them. It was all simpatico, until an unexpected gust of wind blew our hats off our heads. I ran after my leather fedora and the guys after their baseball caps. As we ran and jumped between rows of baby Sweet Onions, I lost a boot, sucked right off my foot by an angry furrow. One farmer held me up while the other fought to put my boot back on. I know we looked ridiculous...
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/Columbia County 3-28: Trespassing. Possible trespassing reported on N. Touchet Road, Dayton. 3-27: Theats. Person walking along dike in Dayton reportedly felt threatened by remarks of a young man. Theft. A small brown cash box was reportedly taken from the White Stallion, in Waitsburg, between March 25-26. The box, which had been located in a cupboard in the kitchen area, contained cash, credit card receipts and checks made out to the restaurant; $40 was also removed from the tip jar. The west-facing front...
Ten Years Ago April 5, 2001 As snow flies, local youngsters are spending their spring break working with their livestock in preparation for the annual livestock show. Councilman Wayne Peterson has been elected mayor of this fine city, taking over for H.V "Bill" Zuger, who has served as mayor for the last three years. Touchet author-descendant Philip Mulkey Hunt sets the record straight in his self-published book, "Lorinda Bewley - Pioneer Woman, Victim of Violence." Hunt tells the real story of Lorinda, a guest at the Whitman mission at the...
WAITSBURG - Sheriff John Turner doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. The Walla Walla County's new, top law-enforcement offi cial is thrilled he can make adjustments to the patrol schedule that provide 24/7 coverage in his jurisdiction. He's pleased some members of his new team bring many years of law enforcement experience they can use to offer in-house training to his deputies. He's also happy to see that the new administration, sworn in earlier this year, has created a better work...
WELLER LIBRARY SEEKS DONATIONS WAITSBURG - Weller Public Library in downtown Waitsburg is looking for a donation of a previously owned digital camera to use for its Summer Reading Program and Children's Storytime. DAYTON HOSTS COWBOY SINGERS DAYTON - Prescott singers/songwriters Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue will present "Cowboy and Cowgirl Songs," on Friday, April 1, in the Delany Room of the Dayton Memorial Library from 6:30-8 p.m. All are welcome to this free event. KNOWLEDGE BOWL FINISHES STRONG WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School...
DAYTON - The mellow, late-winter sun cuts in low across the Bulldogs track field as various athletes practice their specialties. Courtney Fuller is taking another run at the hurdles. Davy Phillips and Ammar Alkohlani are trying their javelin reach. Samura Miller and Briana Fulbright get in position to take straddle jumps at the high bar. They laugh as minor things go wrong. After all, this is one of their first practices, and the students are still finding their groove in their new or revived...
DAYTON - A man accused of being responsible for several break-ins and thefts in the Dayton area last November pleaded not guilty last week to all charges filed against him in Columbia County Superior Court. Ronald Alan Rutledge escaped from Whitman County jail in November while on outdoor work duty and is accused of committing several crimes while passing through Columbia County before he was caught and arrested days later in Spokane. The 29-year-old Spokanearea man has been charged locally with possession of a stolen vehicle, residential...
